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VANNY CHRIS MAHANA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1946 – February 19, 1967
Service recordVanny Chris Mahana, of Vidor, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 62
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Vidor, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 62
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- ROGER LEE HOGSTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- RICHARD KNIGHTSergeant · February 19, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH LIBERATILance Corporal · February 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WILLIAM HARRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 61
- RICHARD KNIGHTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 62
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 64
From Vidor
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLELance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.